Streaming Versus Downloading, Again

Om Malik

Feb. 9, 2004 - 2:02 PM PDT
Feb. 9, 2004 - 2:02 PM PDT

This time, the head of BBC’s online music division chimes in, in the Guardian: Asked about which online services are least likely to succeed: “Most download services I think – though they are receiving a shot in the arm from iTunes – are doomed. Once ubiquitous broadband service is realised, I don’t know why anyone would download a song to keep if they have access to it at all times. That presupposes some organisation making everything available as streams, but I think that’s round the corner. Download services take the high street approach to selling songs and apply it to the internet, but the two paradigms don’t match.”Related: Chris Gorog, CEO, Napster: Subscription Is Going to Be The Model